Veteran's Day 2018

We were greeted as we gathered for worship by this starling who made himself right at home in the artificial plant by the alter.

He flew back out before the service began!

I've always loved our beautiful windows - the colors are amazing.

While honoring our Veteran's this morning  -  our choir director directed our attention to the window behind the organ!

Given in memory of Lt. Edward Cedric Harris 

Killed in France - November 11, 1918

100 years ago today 

Yesterday Pat J. and myself delivered 120 quilts to the VA Hospital for use in their Hospice Unit.

Each Veteran receives a quilt when they arrive for care and the quilt is eventually passed along to the Veteran's family in memory of their their one.

We will deliver another 53 tomorrow along with 42 pillowcases and bags of magazines.

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In  memory of my loved ones
who served their country!

Gordon - 21 years US Air Force

John - 5 years - US Army 

Patriotic Stoplight Top - and Bundling Finished.

This morning while waiting for guy to come by and look at some work I want done, I bundled the last of the veterans quilts stacked up in the dining room.  I took just a few pictures of ones that caught my eye as I really wanted to finish them up.  These are from the Pine Tree Quilters   and the Undercover Bee.  There were 79 quilts from these two groups.  I think we are supposed to pick up a few more Thursday at the Pine Tree meeting.  Then we will deliver them this weekend.

 Like the large yellow stars.

It was so gray today - these pictures are pretty dark.

C made this as a mystery quilt at one of our  Retreats a couple of years ago.

So much sewing and a beautiful graphic quilt.

Eighty- two quilts ready to be toted out to the car.

I finished this Patriotic Top for a start on next years donation quilts.

It is 54 by 60" and I sewed the the backing for it too.

I managed to get a few rows quilted on this quilt that I loaded on the machine way back in the early summer.  It's a quilt that I sewed a couple of years back.

It's 80 by 92" so it will take a few days for me to finish esp. with all the other chores and activities going on around here.

A freeze warning is predicted this weekend so I'll need to take care of the porch plants.

The begonia on the screen porch has decided to have one last little bloom!

Tomorrow, bright and early, we take the first load of Veteran's Quilts to Durham - we will take the remaining quilts on Monday.  

I have 125 quilts in the car along with the pillowcases and magazines.

Block Sewing November and More VA Quilts

Linda and I managed to fold and bundle about 45 of the second wave of quilts before we gave up for a dessert and a few games of Rummikube.

These are the leftovers - at least we got them out of the den and will finish these in a few days.

We have Pine Tree on Nov 8th and will probably get a few more quilt then.

I finished making  Pine Tree's Block of the Month for November so that I can hand them in on time.

This is the more challenging one. Nice and graphic - nine inch blocks. Every one got a piece of the light fabrics to the them together.

This a challenge blocks from the patriotic quilt table - Road to Oklahoma.  The gal who wrote the directions did a great job.  They were vert specific and clear even down to pressing.  

This is the other Block of the Month - Easy category.

Boxy Stars - a free pattern from Bonnie Hunter Blog.

Not crazy about how mine look - I made extras and will turn them in for whomever wins them.

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The leaves have turned in the past couple of days - makes the view out my front windows very pleasant.  Glad we get to recoup that hour we gave up in the spring. 

VA Quilts 66 - 83

My friend Linda M. came over Wednesday and helped me finish folding and bundling the last of the Durham/Orange quilts - except for 3 that I held out to show my regular sewing buddies on Thursday.

They are all ready to go to the VA Hospital Hospice Unit. 

This quilter used some very soft baby wale corduroy and some velour in her quilt. 

                                                                         

This would be a very easy quilt to  - make large squares bordered with red and white frames.

VA Quilts 50 - 65 or Thereabouts

After Bee on Saturday Pat J. brought over 60 or so quilts from the Undercover Bee and Pine Tree Quilters plus 54 pillowcases and a large bag of magazines.  Will get them ready to go to Durham after  finishing the Durham/Orange Quilts.

This picture really doesn't do this quilt any justice.  It is pretty interesting and the colors of the backgrounds are quilts nice together.  A very clever person who used up all her small odds and ends for the string pieced corners of the blocks.

I love this backing!

I would never have thought to use this fabric in the star but it is very effective.

Another quilt I really like - patriotic colors but not patriotic prints - simple but  very eye catching.

I wonder if the Guild had a workshop featuring this pattern - I don't know how many used the stars and bars blocks but they were all attractive.

Really nice panel - I was surprised that this is the only large panel quilt in the  group.

One of my favorites - love all the prints and the great red for the background. Hurrah!

Another picture of the Poppy Quilt!